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YC3

Alexandria ALEX

Alex-ID: agm005498627 · Space group: Cmcm (#63)

Basic Information

Formula
YC3
Alex-ID
agm005498627
Elements
2
Sites
8
Space group
Cmcm (#63)
Crystal system
orthorhombic
Volume
117.17
ų
Cell a
7.3974
Å
Cell b
7.3974
Å
Cell c
3.3596
Å
α angle
90.00
°
β angle
90.00
°
γ angle
140.40
°

Composition

Element Composition (atomic fraction)
Composition Info
Formula
YC3
Y
2.00 · 25.0%
C
6.00 · 75.0%

Energy & Stability

Energy above hull
1.1946
eV/atom
Formation energy
0.9999
eV/atom
Corrected total energy
-60.2703
eV
Raw total energy
-60.2703
eV

Electronic Structure

Indirect band gap
0.0000
eV
Direct band gap
0.0000
eV
DOS at Fermi level
2.8657
Total magnetisation
0.0000
μB

Additional Information

Prototype ID

AB3_1453_spg63

Decomposition

Y4C7 C

Computed at

2023-03-18 16:11:30.434555

Citation

Alexandria website
https://alexandria.icams.rub.de/
Attribution

The crystal structure and related material properties of this entry were obtained from the Alexandria database (Alex-ID: agm005498627).

Reference

Th. Cavignac, J. Schmidt, P.-P. De Breuck, A. Loew, T. F. T. Cerqueira, H.-C. Wang, A. Bochkarev, Y. Lysogorskiy, A. H. Romero, R. Drautz, S. Botti and M. A. L. Marques. AI-Driven expansion and application of the Alexandria database. J. Phys. Mater. 9, 025014 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620

BibTeX
@article{Cavignac2026Alexandria,
  author  = {Cavignac, Th{\'e}o and Schmidt, Jonathan and De Breuck, Pierre-Paul and Loew, Antoine
             and Cerqueira, Tiago F. T. and Wang, Hai-Chen and Bochkarev, Anton
             and Lysogorskiy, Yury and Romero, Aldo H. and Drautz, Ralf and Botti, Silvana
             and Marques, Miguel A. L.},
  title   = {{AI}-Driven expansion and application of the {A}lexandria database},
  journal = {Journal of Physics: Materials},
  year    = {2026},
  volume  = {9},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {025014},
  doi     = {10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7639/ae6620}
}

3D Crystal Structure Rendering

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Style: Ball & Stick
Raw CIF Data
# CIF generated by HEAS from Alexandria entry agm005498627
data_agm005498627
_cell_length_a     7.39737
_cell_length_b     7.39737
_cell_length_c     3.35961
_cell_angle_alpha  90.00000
_cell_angle_beta   90.00000
_cell_angle_gamma  140.40440
_cell_volume       117.17389
_symmetry_space_group_name_H-M 'P 1'
_symmetry_Int_Tables_number 1
loop_
_symmetry_equiv_pos_as_xyz
  'x, y, z'
loop_
_atom_site_label
_atom_site_type_symbol
_atom_site_fract_x
_atom_site_fract_y
_atom_site_fract_z
_atom_site_occupancy
  Y1 Y 0.67810 0.32190 0.25000 1.00000
  Y2 Y 0.32190 0.67810 0.75000 1.00000
  C1 C 0.18125 0.81875 0.25000 1.00000
  C2 C 0.81875 0.18125 0.75000 1.00000
  C3 C 0.00152 0.26613 0.25000 1.00000
  C4 C 0.99848 0.73387 0.75000 1.00000
  C5 C 0.26613 0.00152 0.75000 1.00000
  C6 C 0.73387 0.99848 0.25000 1.00000
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